Beatriz Milhazes brings a touch of Brazil to Margate
The artist’s colourful paintings have transformed Turner Contemporary inside and out
Self awareness – Alice Neel at the Barbican, reviewed
The painter who never stopped seeing her subjects as individuals described her works as ‘pictures of people’ rather than ‘portraits’
Beneath the surface of Photorealism
The genre has often been dismissed as a kind of copying – but at their best, these paintings make us look again at the act of looking
Acting out with Walter Sickert
A triumphant survey at Tate Britain – the largest in 30 years – revels in the British artist’s painterly games
Queen of suspense – the art of Patricia Highsmith
The novelist’s Ripley thrillers explore deceit like no others – but her candid drawings tell a different story
Material benefits – ‘Picasso and Paper’, reviewed
The pleasure Picasso took in paper as a medium was palpable in the Royal Academy’s recent show
Messier and Messier – at the FC Barcelona Museum
A visit to Camp Nou – where Lionel Messi’s boots can be found alongside works by Miró, Dalí and Tàpies
In search of Seamus Heaney
A literary centre in the village of Bellaghy, County Derry returns visitors to the roots of Heaney’s poetry
Nature boys – Hockney and Van Gogh in Amsterdam
Hockney has followed the Dutch painter’s lead in his intensely coloured responses to the call of the wild
‘Tell me who Kandinsky is’: T.S. Eliot among the artists
Can T.S. Eliot’s poetic experiments be read alongside parallel developments in the visual arts? And how much has he influenced artists?
Milton Avery’s unique American modernism
An exhibition of the artist’s works at Victoria Miro – the first in London in over a decade – is a lesson in painterly deftness
The pull of Hockney’s pool paintings
David Hockney found his great inspiration in the backyards of California – creating a look that influenced generations of artists
When Derek Walcott met Peter Doig
The only living poet to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature responds to one of the greatest living painters
David Hockney and Alex Katz: two great colourists on top form
Neither painter seems afraid of trying new things in their respective shows at the Royal Academy and Serpentine Gallery
Poetry, painting and the world of Christopher Wood
Several notable modern poets have been attracted to the freshness of Wood’s artistic vision and the romantic glamour of his short life
Berlin’s wartime bunkers are becoming unlikely havens for art
Désiré Feuerle is the latest person to move his art collection underground
Rocking out in Berlin
Copying prehistoric rock painting was an art in its own right – and one that had a striking impact on modernism
Readings Held Worldwide for Condemned Poet and Artist Ashraf Fayadh
Hundreds attended events in support of Ashraf Fayadh, who faces the death sentence in Saudi Arabia
Drinking scenes: the relationship between artists and alcohol
The Romantic association between creativity and alcohol has no foundation, but alcohol and its effects have proved a rich subject for artists
Ruins and reconstruction at the Neues Museum
The building is simultaneously remnant and monument, a showcase for historical artefacts which itself embodies Europe’s disastrous history
Time is Ripe for a David Jones Revival
His literary and profoundly religious approach to art put Jones out of step with modernism. Can two new exhibitions revive his reputation?
Autumn Art Highlights: Berlin
Berlin Art Week kicks off the season, while the art fair ‘abc’ (art berlin contemporary) promises corners without walls…
Centenary show proves Ben Uri Gallery deserves a permanent home in London
Too many masterpieces from this collection are stuck in storage
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